Garment support



Oct. 24, 1950 DE GRAZlA 2,526,641

GARMENT SUPPORT Fi'ld Nov. 15, 1947 INVENTOR.

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Patented Oct. 24, 1950 i The invention described herein, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

The present invention relates to garment supports and particularly to belts for supporting trousers.

Such devices serve to draw the waistband portion of the trousers tightly about the waist of the wearer and tend to cut off the circulation of air, thereby causin considerable discomfort particularly in hot weather. It is a primary object of the invention therefore to provide a belt which will properly support a pair of trousers but which will nevertheless space the waistband of the trousers from the bodyof the wearer so as to permit a free circulation of air.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a belt having the foregoing characteristics and yet which is of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers with the novel belt attached thereto;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the belt per se; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the waistband of a pair of trousers and the adjacent part of the belt or band attached thereto.

Referring to the drawings more specifically, the numeral I indicates a pair of trousers provided with an inner lining or Waistband 2 to which are attached the usual buttons 3 which are ordinarily intended to be attached to the ends of conventional suspenders.

The novel belt or band which is to be mounted on the interior of the waist portion of the trousers and spaced therefrom to provide adequate ventilation so as to eliminateor at least reduce to a minimum the discomfort usually produced in hot weather when a belt support is used, is indicated by numeral 4. The belt 4 may be formed of leather if desired but in the present illustration is shown as formed of a woven fabric and is provided at its respective ends with a button 5 and buttonhole 6 whereby the ends may be se-.

cured together when the belt is placed around the person of the wearer; but it is to be understood that any other conventional type of fastening means may be substituted.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

' 2,526,641 U r J GARMENT SUPPORT 7 Joseph De Grazia, Washington, D. C. 7 Application November 13,1947, Serial No. 785,733 2 Claim's. (01. 2-312) (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amended April 30, 1928; 370 O. G. 757) Attached to the exterior surface of the belt'd are a pluralit of bulges or loops, 1, there being .eight of these elements illustrated in the present disclosure and positioned so as to correspond to the positions of the several buttons usually placed on the inner face of the waistband of a pair of trousers for attachment'to the ends of a pair of suspenders.

The loops 1 are shown as formed of relatively heavy fabric that is, a fabric which is substantially stiffer than the fabric 4 from which the belt is formed and it should be of such stiffness as to remain in its looped or rounded condition when in service so a to maintain the waistband of the trousers spaced from the belt 4 and consequently from the body of the wearer.

The loops or bulges I are each provided with a buttonhole 8 adapted to-engage over one of the buttons 3 on the trousers asindicated in Figure 3 and if desired the lower ends of suspenders 9 may be secured over these buttons prior to the attachment of the same to the loops 1 on the belt.

The operation of the device is believed to be apparent from the above description but it may be mentioned that preferably the belt is preliminarily attached to the trousers, preferably of a somewhat oversized waistband, by securing the buttons thereto through the medium of the buttonholes 8, and the trousers thereafter drawn into position and secured by connecting the ends of the band by the securing means 5-6 or other equivalent means. In this arrangement it will be seen that the waistband is maintained in spaced relation to the belt 4 and the body of the wearer by reason of the stiff loops 1 which serve to hold the waistband in its distended position, thereby permitting free circulation of air about the Waist of the wearer so as to at least partially eliminate the discomfort ordinarily incurred when using a belt support in hot weather.

' While the attaching means for securing the belt to the trousers are shown as buttons and buttonholes and the buttonholes being formed in p the loops, it will be obvious that other fastening on the ends for securing the same together about the person of the wearer, said trouser-attaching means consistin of substantially semicylindrical loops or bulges of relatively heavy material attached to the exterior of the belt, said loops having edges and including means for attaching said edges to the belt vertically to the edges of the belt with the mid-portions of the loops or bulges spaced a substantial distance from the body of the belt.

2. A support for trousers comprising a belt with trouser-attaching means, said belt having means 10 on the ends for securing the same together about the person of the wearer, said trouser-attaching means consisting of substantially semi-cylindrical loops or bulges of relatively heavy material attached to the exterior of the belt, said loops having edges and including means for attaching said edges to the belt vertically to the edges of 4 the belt with the mid-portions of the loops or bulges spaced a substantial distance from the body of the belt, said mid-portions of the loops provided with button holes.

JOSEPH DE GRAZIA.

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